RE:

[Jim Hord <Jim@xxxxxxxx>]

David,

See:
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/certconpriv.htm

The CC is intended to protect information about individuals used as
subjects in research, from having their personal information revealed,
such as AIDS and other sensitive data.  It is not designed to protect
records from non-research clients in, for example, a mental health
facility.

Jim Hord

> This may or may not help; but, I have been advised by UC San
Francisco's
> Committee on Human Research that we can get something called a
certificate
> of confidentiality from the NIH that will protect our records from
> subpoenas.
>
> Davin Youngclarke, MA